Mom! Can I Have A Urinal ?!

We recently went out to dinner... that's not uncommon.  I had to excuse myself to go to the restroom, and my son announced that he had to go too... that's not uncommon.

We each finished our business and were washing our hands and my son said,

"I really like those stand-up toilets.  You guys (irony, maybe?) don't have them in here."

I told him that stand-up toilets, or rather urinals, were just in men's bathrooms (and he didn't ask me why... yey).

So he decided right then and there, that 'he was going to have Dad take him to the bathroom from now on.'

Yey Again!  Cool!  My husband and I don't have to give each other the look when we are seated, ready to eat, and our son says he has to go to the bathroom!  It's all him now!  Our little guy has become a Big Guy and he wants to use stand-up toilets!  Hurray!

So none of this is all that uncommon... until we got home,

and my son asked in a very sweet voice, as I'm tucking him into bed,

"Mom, can I have a urinal?...  Can we get a urinal when we put an addition on our house?"

So that's the moment when I thought it became a little uncommon...

Not in a weird way, mind you...

In a way of 'you are actually giving thought to the type of toilet you would like to use'.

I don't know about you, but I've never given any thought to my preference of toilets... or toilets at all...

well, until now, that is.

So I went downstairs, 

and laughing,

I told my husband our conversation,

and emphasized how earnest our son was in his request,

that he would REALLY like a urinal in our home...

"Wow.  Wouldn't we all?!"    My husband replied, without the slightest grin or hint of kidding in his voice.

Crickets Chirping while my face goes blank...

Wow.  I didn't realize the hardship that all men go through... every day of their lives.  Every time they go to the bathroom on a toilet they have to raise the lid (like us women also have to do) AND they have to spend the extra effort and time (about .33 of a second) to RAISE THE TOILET SEAT TOO!!!

THE HORROR!

And the Flushing!  All that Flushing!  We females do it, but we're kinda built for the 'we-don't-mind-a-little-more-effort' kind of thing...  Females go through Labor; Males do not.

No wonder my son... and it turns out- my husband too- WANTS A URINAL IN OUR HOME.

I guess I was wrong with my whole 'uncommon' adjective...

Turns out, that the rest of the inhabitants of my house... would love a urinal...

So it's just another day here, being the only female in my home...

I'll let you know about the urinal...
I think I know how it will turn out... don't bet against me :)

Original DC Metro Mom Post 

When Nicole Isn't discussing toilets with her son, she's at her Mom Blog, BananaBlueberry or giving out helpful hints at her HouseHold Tips Blog.